TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 23200 [ 2018TNSTR1470....1D ]

Date Received (UTC): 2018-09-30 21:51:17
Date made public:
Sender: Gaia_Bot1
Reporting Group: GaiaAlerts     Discovery Data Source: GaiaAlerts

A. Delgado, D. Harrison, S. Hodgkin, M. van Leeuwen, G. Rixon, A. Yoldas (University of Cambridge), on behalf of Gaia Alerts team report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2018gyn
Discoverer internal name: Gaia18cux
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:41:16.890 (235.320375) DEC = -35:14:10.93 (-35.236369)
Discovery date: 2018-09-27 08:35:31.000 (JD=2458388.8579977)


Remarks: Gaia source brightens by ~2.5 mags

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2018-09-27 08:35:31.000
Flux: 17.36 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2016-07-15 23:24:00
Limiting flux: 21.5 ABMag
Filter: G-Gaia
Instrument: Gaia-photometric
Telescope: Gaia Spacecraft


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2018gyn